Editing Severo Ochoa (section)

=== United States ===
Ochoa then went to the United States, where he again held many positions at several universities. Between 1940 and 1942, Ochoa worked for [[Washington University School of Medicine|Washington University's School of Medicine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Severo Ochoa |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/52015.html |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Severo Ochoa |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/severo-ochoa |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en |archive-date=23 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123153150/https://www.amacad.org/person/severo-ochoa |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1942 he was appointed research associate in medicine at the [[New York University School of Medicine]] and there subsequently became assistant professor of biochemistry (1945), professor of pharmacology (1946), professor of biochemistry (1954), and chair of the department of biochemistry.

In 1956, he became an American citizen.<ref name=ochoabio/> He was elected to both the United States [[National Academy of Sciences]] and the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1957. In 1959, Ochoa and [[Arthur Kornberg]] were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological [[Chemical synthesis|synthesis]] of [[RNA|ribonucleic acid]] and [[DNA|deoxyribonucleic acid]]". He was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Severo+Ochoa&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=search.amphilsoc.org |archive-date=23 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123153156/https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Severo+Ochoa&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ochoa continued research on [[protein synthesis]] and replication of [[RNA virus]]es until 1985, when he returned to now democratic Spain where he was a science advisor. Ochoa was also a recipient of U.S. [[National Medal of Science]] in 1978.

Severo Ochoa died in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] on 1 November 1993. Carmen García Cobián had died in 1986.

Long after his death, Spanish actress [[Sara Montiel]] claimed that she and Severo Ochoa were involved in a romantic relationship in the 1950s, as stated in an interview in Spanish newspaper ''[[El País]]'': "The great love of my life was Severo Ochoa. But it was an impossible love. Clandestine. He was married, and besides, him doing research and me doing films wasn't a good match."
<ref>{{cite news |title=En 54 años no ha salido nadie como yo |author=NÚÑEZ JAIME, VÍCTOR |work=El Pais |date=13 October 2012 |url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/10/12/gente/1350057827_636150.html |access-date=13 October 2012 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023181833/http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/10/12/gente/1350057827_636150.html |url-status=live }}</ref>